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To: Ethan Clive Osgoode
It stands to reason then, that chimps can construct 96% to 98% of the Notre Dame cathedral, and that chimp chess grandmasters only have a slight (2% to 4%) disadvantage against human GMs.

By your "reasoning" it stands to reason that you can paint 99.99 percent as well as Michelangelo, design as well as Frank Lloyd Wright, sing as well as Pavarotti, and so forth.

951 posted on 01/07/2009 10:42:07 AM PST by js1138
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To: js1138
By your "reasoning" it stands to reason that you can paint 99.99 percent as well as Michelangelo, design as well as Frank Lloyd Wright, sing as well as Pavarotti, and so forth.

No, but the best chimp sculptors, the best chimp architects, and the finest chimp tenors should be comparable (though not quite as good.)

1,121 posted on 01/08/2009 5:03:04 AM PST by Ethan Clive Osgoode (<<== Click here to learn about Darwinism!)
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